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of unsanctified power? The disolu-
tion and ruin of conquered nations
were the only trophies of Alexander's
conquests. The star OF
C@sar's glory was kindled in the ex-
piring embers Of human lives, extin-
guished by the million in his bloody
pathway. The star blazed afresh
when great Pompey died, and rose to
its zenith above the Roman republic.
The Corsican lieutenant, bathing his
maiden sword in the blood of the rev.
olution, vaulted over the slain into
the presidency of France. With that
same sword the Bonaparte pierced the
vitals OF the great republique. First
consul, then emperor, he leaped to
power over the bleeding remains of
the dover OF his country, usurped SUI
preme authority from the hand of
murdered liberty bankrupted France
with his ambitious wars, made Europe
Il charnPl house, shattered asylum
for widows and orphans, and paved
his way with human skeletons to ST.
Helenas rock.
Search the annals of all ages, an of
all countries, and | tell you that at
every step you will be impressed with
the terrible truth, that the history of
power in the the hands of princes,
emperors, kings, conquerors and ty-
rants, is but the record of arson, bur-
glary, theft, robbery, of assassination
and murder, of dungeons, gibbets,
tears, torture and anguish-of pillage
and devastation-of savage cruelty
and hideous desolation. There are,
indeed, exceptions to this rule, but
these are solitary stars seen for q mo-
ment through the chasm of the rifted
storm cloud, then lost in the gloom
that pals the heavens. But turn we
now from these narrowing scenes. to
the contemplation OF the cheering
contrast in labor's career. Labor is
Gods great blessing to fallen man, dis
guised as curse. Labor is peace.
Peace is the child of love- Love is
the mother Of goodness, the darling
attribute of Deity. Work is action.
Action begets thought. Thought is
the parent of inyention, and inven-
ton governed by a spirit Of benevo-
lence and charity, is the elevation OF
the race, the grand civilizer Of man
kind. The birthplace of modern la
Dor, as OF our race, was in the realms
OF the rising sun, Its father vas hon
est pow erty, its mother necessity.
Utility was its nurse, and talent and
taste were its teachers. Rocked in
the cradle Of indulgence, it infancy
was prolonged for centuries, manned
and stinted, it was despised by the
great, and oppressed by the powerful.
OStentation and luxury tolerated and
patronized, but seldom rewarded it.
Ambition and authority captured
and enchained it, coerced its en-
ergies, and oftener to promote des
truction, than the amelioration and
alienation of humanity. For it,
preservation, protection and deyel-
opment, the world is largely in,
debted to the children OF despised
Ishmael. To borrow the language OF
an accomplished recent writer, la
Dor, in the middle ages, first begar
with Arabia. When the gothic saw
ages had laid all Europe waste and
made warfare and plunder the bust
ness OF mankind, when the rude
chivalry looked with contempt on la
Dor, and had made license the mari
OF noble birth, the gifted followers o
Mahomet adopted different princi
Pile. They declared labor noble, anC
the highest Emir and bravest chief
tain would have his sons taught SOM
useful trade. The result of this ad
vance soon showed itself. Europe re
NAMED barbarous and brutal. 1t wa
, u day Of fedualism, the most memora
BILE period Of human woe. Their
were savage Williams and Henries Of
the throne Of England, wild Emperor
of Germany, and cruel Popes at Rome
The cities Of Europe were squalid an,
plague stricken and dissolute, th
, open country scene of human degra
dation. Europe in the 9th and lot
: centuries seemed tending rapidly t
its final decay, It's workingmen wer
slaves, labor was dishonered, but a
/ the same period brilliant Arabia had a
: swiftly risen to the very height of ciN
t ilization. When they ceased to b
@ conquerers they became workingmel
$ and their united labors were followe
4 with the most wonderful results.
t its rare and splendid original achite,
+ ture, in its groves and grand an
i countless appliances of luxury an
!, taste, it eclipsed the world when Lol
+ don and Paris were yet collections {
: wretched novels, their streets mudd
g lanes, their palaces carpeted wit
/ rushes and blackened with smoke.
9 When fever and plague fingered